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 ## Installation
 
+First [install Psalm](https://psalm.dev/quickstart) in your project, making sure to run `--init`, then run the following commands:
+
 ```
 composer require --dev psalm/plugin-laravel
 vendor/bin/psalm-plugin enable psalm/plugin-laravel